Andy's Long Dock

[MSea]

Sorting out what to do at the next playday and decided to do this model. 
First many many thanks Andy for the Italeri dock, when you gave me it I thought it would be great with the MiniArt set of Soviet Naval Troops that I had in the stash, and a ship alongside - then the trouble started    The dock is toooooo wide for my display case, when it has the  ship and dock fitted, so first thing will be to split it length ways and that makes 2 models, then the size is so large think I will have to sort out a lot more figures to go on the dockside. Then it really started what ship to do alongside at 1/35 scale - yes it is going to have to be scratch built, so out with the books and finding one about the correct size. 
It could be a G-5 class motor torpedo boat or either a BKA 1124 or BKA 1125 (but have made one of them in the past see web site) - THEN I found that in 1916 the Tsarist government had 9 armoured river gunboats built at Boecker & Co in Reval and some still active at the battle of Stalingrad during the Great Patriotic War as the Russian call it. Now as you all know - hohohho - Russian ships are renamed a lot of times and also rebuilt to modernize them over a very long life - so at the moment am trying to follow the time line for the boats and find good building plans.   Before anybody asks the second section of dock with the rail lines is being used for a scratch built American "Zippo" brown water monitor during the Vietnam War - well that the plan at the moment

[zak]

This looks interesting.

[chriswil42]

Should be good.

[MSea]

Base and frame work to hold the dock secure now made and dock glued to this. It looks longer every time I look at it 

[zak]

Base and frame work to hold the dock secure now made and dock glued to this. It looks longer every time I look at it 

Remember, its not all about size.

[MSea]

I am saying nothing 

[MSea]

Started picking out the bricks -- only about another 800 to go 

[zak]

Bricking it?

[MSea]

HoHoHo - was painting more bricks listening to my music when what came on but  - Pink Floyd "Another brick in the wall" - - now waiting for the funny captions   

[zak]

HoHoHo - was painting more bricks listening to my music when what came on but  - Pink Floyd "Another brick in the wall" - - now waiting for the funny captions   

Sorry all out of funny captions!

[MSea]

Never - will the world still spin on its axis if that ever happens - hohohhoho 

[chriswil42]

Started picking out the bricks -- only about another 800 to go 

You like the challenge Martin.

[MSea]

All I have got is that song "another brick in the wall" going round and round and round in my head 

[zak]

All I have got is that song "another brick in the wall" going round and round and round in my head 

What about needing an education, especially in your case!

[MSea]

I will just say "teacher leave us kids alone" -  hohohohoh